North Carolina Wildflowers, Shrubs, & Trees

Melastomataceae > Rhexia (Meadow-beauties)

Widespread and common in various open habitats in NC, this is the most commonly encounted of the meadow-beauties.

A distinct variety of Maryland Meadow-beauty is this white flowered variety. Uncommon in the piedmont & coastal plain.

Common in NC in the coastal plain (less common in piedmont) in wet habitats like pine savannahs, ditches, marsh margins, etc.

Glandular hairs are usually present in variable numbers on the underside of the petals.

Note variable amount of stem & leaf hairs.

Common in the NC coastal plain in wet habitats like pine savannas, pocosin edges, etc.

Flowers of this species are often erect and point skyward.

Distinctive bluish-green, tall, and usually unbranched stems characterize this common Rhexia of the NC coastal plain in various moist savannah and pocosin habitats.